Edna Staebler Award Shortlist

Last week, the shortlist for the 2009 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction was announced. Administered by Wilfred Laurier University, the award "encourages and recognizes Canadian writers for a first or second work of creative non-fiction that includes a Canadian locale and/or significance."

The shortlist: The Darien Gap: Travels in the Rainforest of Panama (Harbour Publishing) by Martin Mitchinson, Lost: A Memoir (Key Porter Books) by Cathy Ostlere and The Riverbones: Stumbling After Eden in the Jungles of Suriname (McClelland & Stewart) by Andrew Westoll.

Looking for some spring reading recommendations? Look no further than the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize shortlist!

The second annual iteration of the prize was announced today and includes debut books by Canadian authors in multiple genres, selected by Kobo's booksellers. The prize was created by Kobo to help kick-start the careers of exciting new authors. The $10,000 award will be presented in each of three categories: Non-Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Romance writing. The winners will receive publicity and marketing support throughout 2016.